1949 · Gottlieb
Old Faithful
Bright blue sky with white puffy clouds, green rolling hills and yellow wheat fields, snow-capped blue mountain on the horizon, black steam locomotive crossing the hillside, white erupting geyser with yellow steam plume, river and wooden bridge and wooden stagecoach and horse-drawn wagons in the mid-ground.
- Year
- 1949
- Maker
- Gottlieb
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Backglass lights
- Players
- 1
Made by
- Design
- Harry Mabs
- Art
- Roy Parker
Vision analysis
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- blue
- yellow
- green
- magenta
Fingerprint: OLD FAITHFUL white geyser erupting on right with yellow steam plume, cartoon lion on 900 panel, blue-faced man in magenta coat with cigar, vertical score ladder of colored boxes down left edge, blonde woman in red polka-dot dress with riding crop and white dog, painted Western mountain landscape, chunky orange-brown wooden frame, flat saturated cartoon colours
The most memorable element is the towering white geyser erupting on the right, rendered in white and pale blue with a bright yellow steam plume. Second is the cartoon lion mascot at top left perched on the 900 score panel. Third, the comical blue-faced grinning man with round spectacles and a cigar in a magenta coat. Fourth, the vertical stack of nine coloured number panels (100 to 900) running down the left edge beneath the THOUSANDS ribbon.
Setting
- Bright blue sky with white puffy clouds
- Green rolling hills and yellow wheat fields
- Snow-capped blue mountain on the horizon
- Black steam locomotive crossing the hillside
- White erupting geyser with yellow steam plume
- River and wooden bridge
- Wooden stagecoach and horse-drawn wagons in the mid-ground
Symbols
- Seven-pointed stars on the banner
- Curved rainbow ribbon
- Green scroll banner
- Vertical number panels
- Small white signpost with dark lettering
- Yellow-green ribbon swoop behind the score panels
Lettering
- Large arched white slab-serif letters with gold inline shading and magenta drop shadow for the title; dark blue heavy block capitals for million; white outlined capitals on a green scroll for thousands; white numerals on solid coloured rectangles
Themes
- Old west
- Gold rush
- Railway
- Cowboys
- National park geyser
- Outdoor western scenery
Title on it
- Old faithful
Text on it
- THOUSANDS
- MILLION
- OLD FAITHFUL
- 900
- 800
- 700
- 600
- 500
- 400
- 300
- 200
- 100
- D. Gottlieb & Co.
- CHICAGO
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Animal | Grinning cartoon lion with tawny fur, black tufted mane and pink tongue, front paws draped over the green thousands ribbon and the 900 panel |
| Woman | Standing blonde in a sleeveless red polka-dot dress with white ruffled hem, red high heels, holding a black-handled riding crop in her right hand |
| Animal | White dog with black patches, yellow eye, open snarling mouth with red tongue, wearing a red collar studded with white dots |
| Man | Middle-aged grinning man with pale blue face, grey sideburns, round spectacles, white moustache and cigar, wearing a magenta jacket with a rosette badge and a bow tie |
| Woman | Long blonde wavy-haired woman with red lipstick, bare shoulders, facing left towards the man, holding an orange drink glass |
| Woman | Short blonde-haired woman in a strapless blue dress, facing left towards the man |
| Woman | Cowgirl in a red top with a white hat, riding a white horse at the right edge, one arm raised with a lasso |
| Creature | Small brown bear among the stagecoach party in the mid-ground |
A hand-painted cartoon backglass in a chunky orange-brown wooden frame, showing an Old West mountain landscape under a bright blue sky with puffy white clouds. A huge white-and-gold block-letter logo reading OLD FAITHFUL, outlined in magenta with drop shadow, arches across the upper third. Above it a rainbow-striped arc sweeps left to right carrying dark blue block letters spelling MILLION, flanked by red, green and white stars, and a green ribbon scroll at upper left reading THOUSANDS. Down the entire left edge runs a vertical ladder of score panels: 900, 800, 700, 600, 500, 400, 300, 200, 100 in stacked coloured boxes (purple, red, grey, yellow, green, purple, red, grey, yellow), with a grinning cartoon lion cowering atop the stack. Bottom centre: a blonde woman in a red polka-dot dress holding a black-handled riding crop beside a snarling white dog with a red studded collar; a grinning blue-faced man in a magenta coat and round glasses with a cigar; two blonde women in low-cut dresses. Right side: a smoking white geyser, a train on the hillside, and a cowgirl on a white horse.